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A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth: UN agencies

23 February 2023

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Canada

Donor rankings include UN-to-UN transfers, which are UNFPA's top source of revenue overall.

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Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.

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SANA’A, Yemen, 22 July 2024 – The Government of Japan has contributed US$2.4 million to UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, for its humanitarian response in Yemen. The new funding will…
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In Sudan, a UNFPA hospital helps women give birth safely despite flooding crisis

Health workers at the UNFPA Tunaydbah field hospital in Sudan’s eastern Gedaraf state provide critical maternal health care amid floods, conflict and an ongoing refugee crisis. © UNFPA Sudan
  • 17 January 2023
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The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Donor rankings include UN-to-UN transfers, which are UNFPA's top source of revenue overall.

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Effective 1 January 2022, UNFPA adopted a new revenue recognition policy; however, for the purposes of this website, information is presented based on previous policy to allow comparability of information across different years.

2024 | Top
Donor Global Statistics

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BAMYAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – “If I had left, a mother or a baby could have died. I stayed because people, especially pregnant women, needed my support.” Mariza Ahmadi had been working as a midwife at the Ahangaran…
21 August 2024 Read Story
Updates
SANA’A, Yemen, 22 July 2024 – The Government of Japan has contributed US$2.4 million to UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, for its humanitarian response in Yemen. The new funding will…
26 July 2024 Read Story

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As drought tightens its grip on Kenya, a motorcycle ambulance is helping women to access critical health care

The motorcycle ambulance has significantly reduced the time required to deliver essential and urgent medical assistance to local communities.© UNFPA/Luis Tato
  • 12 January 2023
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Fighting obstetric violence in Brazil with Johnson & Johnson

Published on: 12/12/2022

When she found out she was pregnant, Carolina was afraid to go to the hospital.

She had heard that in Brazil, women of color had been discriminated against and treated violently by healthcare staff.

Thanks to a programme supported by UNFPA and Johnson & Johnson, midwives like Leonor are now trained on how to respect and protect their patients’ reproductive rights.

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Ending maternal deaths in a world of 8 billion: How midwives save lives

Simmaly and Amina attending an event honouring midwives earlier this year. © UNFPA Lao PDR
  • 17 November 2022
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Annual Report

2021 MHTF Annual Report: Strengthening Health System Resilience in the COVID-19 Era

Number of pages: 55

Publication date: 30 Sep 2022

Publisher: UNFPA

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Protect the Promise: 2022 Progress Report, Every Woman Every Child

Number of pages: 73

Publication date: 18 Oct 2022

Publisher: WHO and UNICEF

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Women and girls in Pakistan need urgent health and protection services amid epic flood disaster

Two girls displaced by torrential monsoon rains and flash flooding in Pakistan sit by the roadside with the remains of their belongings in Khairpur Mirs, Sindh province. Among those affected by the emergency are nearly 130,000 pregnant women in need of urgent health services – more than 42,000 of whom are due to give birth in the next three months. © UNFPA Pakistan/Kashif Ahmed Memon
  • 21 September 2022
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